below normal today across the midwest and east. we're tracking it all. ted nugent speaking out after calling the president a subhuman mongrel. his new promise about moving forward using such language. your "new day" starts right now. good morning. welcome to "new day." welcome to the conversation. >> welcome. it's tuesday, february 25th, 6:00 in the east. we're all sick. coming up a real medical mystery for you. as many as 25 children stricken by an illness similar to polio. one of the victims, this sweet little girl named sophia jarvis. her left arm a paralyzed.

they're completely in the dark as to why or how to treat. we'll be hearing from the parents for the first time this morning. anything new dan? >> reporter: good morning. this is a very serious disease. and the children who have gotten this have not recovered. one of them is this 4-year-old girl from california. she's an adorable 4-year-old, happy and seemingly healthy until a year and a half ago until her left arm suddenly stopped moving. >> she's the red red, she's beautiful, she's talented, she's got older brothers. >> reporter: doctors say she is five children in california showing sign of a miss tear just polio-like illness, the exact cause unknown. what they do know is, her arm is paralyzed and it came on

suddenly after she showed symptoms of asthma. >> she had not had any history of asthma. as we were leaving that appointment, she went to the treasure box to grab a toy and i saw her left hand stop working. >> reporter: an mri later showing she had a lesion on her spinal card. she calls her arm -- >> lefty. lefty is my favorite one. >> reporter: doctors don't know what's causing this. >> the prognosis so far is not good. >> reporter: 20 more cases are suspected, but they haven't been officially verified. all of them in the last 18 months and all of them in california. >> it's extremely rare.

our suspicion is it's a virus, but that's unproven. we know it's not polio virus. there are other viruss that can do this. >> reporter: researchers say two of the children tested positive for enterovirus 68. the centers for disease and control are all so on the case. doctors and sophia's parents just want to get the word out. >> how horrible for the family and how frustrating to just not know and simply deal with it right now. clearly a lot to continue looking at. turning to the weather now. remember those warmer temperatures this past weekend? what a wonderful memory. a deep freeze is quickly making its way across the country. the midwest is already feeling the affect. temperatures are going to plunge below zero up north. brace for it, more snow is on

the way. let's get over to meteorologist indra petersons. it's changed very quickly just over the past couple days. >> having to deliver such bad news. that sounds horrible. if you're seeing the purples, pinks and blues, that's where the cold air is once again diving down. we were talking about windchill advisories agains. temperatures well below normal. here's what it feels like out there. indianapolis, 6 degrees. chicago right now, feels like almost 10 below as you wake up. i wouldn't want to go outside. unfortunately, it's only going to be getting worse each day. still talking about that arctic air diving down to the south. that's 20 below even average. by tomorrow, worse. talking about temperatures 30 degrees below average. even in the southeast.

northeast, same thing. by thursday, notice we're not changing. it's getting colder in the upper midwest, 30 to 35 degrees below average. unbelievable. and that does not even include the windchill there. some flurries already out there today. that's going to be making its way up into the northeast. again, less than an inch. but cold, windy and getting colder. >> hope you didn't put those winter jackets away yet. science is part of the problem. one, you're too chipper when you're talking about all this misery. two, happy colors on the map. >> i have embraced it. just want to let you know. see. uh-huh. >> all right new details this morning about big cuts two posed to the military. chuck hagel outlined the cuts.

now, the thought was to kit fat and tailer changes to highlight smaller, elite operation. many worry it has gone into the muscle and bone. cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara star has more. >> good morning, chris. the pentagon was going to ask congress for 5$541 billion in spending. now they're going to ask for just 496 billion. chuck hagel is making one thing clear. nearly 13 years of war footing is over. >> after iraq and afghanistan, we are no longer sizing the military to conduct long and large stability operations. >> it will now focus more on special operations, cyber war and high tech weapons. but hagel knows it's a tough sell. some will object on national

security grounds. the obama administration is disconnected from the realitity ones f the world, one tweeted. >> it is not the same standard. of course there's going to be risk. >> already governors are reacting to proposed cuts in their national guard forces. many of their troops are combat veterans from war. >> we think that they are very important to the national defense of this country and helping us in times of emergency. >> governor nikki haley's husband is in the national guard. he recently returned from a one-year deployment to afghanistan. >> it is a slap in the face to anyone who has served in the past multiple times. >> downsizing the army from 520,000 soldiers to around 440,000, the smallest since

1040. key programs will be replaced by drones, the a-10 water hog by a new fighter jet. perhaps the most controversial, trimming housing allowances and cutting subsidies to commissaries. congress is likely to object to all of that. there's the $52 billion a year military health care system. hagel is proposing new measures that would encourage military personnel to use the low cost part of that system and task military retirees to pay just a little bit more for their health care and of course congress is likely to object to all of that. >> we'll here much more from john mccain on this very issue later on in the show. vladimir putin already faces

the next big challenge, what to do about neighboring ukraine. the acting president there is delaying the formation of a unity government until thursday. we are joined once again from kiev with the latest. what do we hear now, nick? >> reporter: the issue today really, how does this country get itself back on its feet. it needs $35 billion it says. it has the deputy secretary of state coming here with treasury officials. but that sum of money is simply not going to come as fast as the country wants. they set the decision back two-days and many wondering quite how long the protestors behind me will tolerate not getting this country moving fast enough. a man hunt under way for the ousted president viktor yanukovych who is now on the run. he is charged with ordering the

mass murder of protestors on the streets of kiev last week. independent square now transformed into a memorial. ukraine's opposition putting on a diplomatic show of force. a regime change that russia scoffed at. rush's prime minister prodding the already shaking foundation and the fragile economy teetering on the brink of bankruptcy declaring the new government is not le in it mat. russia says western countries are wrong to view the up heave l as a true changing of the guard. >> that imagery, you know, kind of 18th century balance of power politics, just doesn't work in the 21st century. it's not the proper framework for any country that wants to

make their citizens more prosperous and secure. >> reporter: they are culling protestors militant thugs and saying the west is enkushlging extreme mist actions. >> this is not a competition between east and west. this is not a restoration of the cold war. this is about the ukrainian people and their future. >> reporter: really, many in the crowd here expecting progress fast. the parliament is all over the place. just having asked the national criminal court to come in and try and investigate the deaths of the fast few days. even wondering where yanukovych is. a lot of confusion here as people try to piece together what has happened. they are wanting their government to get their act together and get their country back on their feet after the sacrifices in the square behind

me. let's take a look at other headlines now. breaking news near aunt arc ta. a south korean fishing boat is now stranded with 90 people on board. the chili navy has lauj launched a rescue mission. joaquin al chap poe guz man charges are on hold. a mexican judge will decide today whether to try him there. guzman's lawyers have already filed a petition asking to block extradition asks. eric holder entering the same-sex marriage race saying state generals are not obligated to negate laws that they consider discriminatory. they say holder should not tell

state attorneys general how to do their job. six state attorneys general have refused to condemn bans on same-sex marriage. >> look at this. it sent 24 people plummeting more than a story to the ground. it happened back in december. it was caught on surveillance video. that family is now suing the deck builder and the people that run the clubhouse where the part was held. three of the injured are still not able to walk according to the family. hollywood is mourning the loss of a comedy legend. harold ramis, his resume includes dozens of blockbuster films. for a lot of us, he'll also be dr. egon. >> i have a radical idea. the door swings both ways. >> how? >> we'll cross the street.

>> he died in chicago monday. he had been suffering from a rare disease. he was 69 years old. a terrific life and career. we'll have much more on all of it a little later in the show. >> i looked back yesterday at some of the famous clips from his best of. my favorite movies are movies that reeither directed, wrote, or were in. "stripes" is one of my all-time favorites. "ground hog day" i think that defines many of us. >> so young. >> 69. >> so young. what a loss. coming up next on "new day," we're going to talk about the fate of a controversial bill that would allow business owners to deny service to gay people. will jan brewer veto this bill.

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get my training tips at guardyourmanhood.com welcome back to "new day." more protests are expected today in arizona over a new bill to allow business owners to deny zests to gays in the name of religion. it's now on the desk of governor

jan brewer. three state legislators who initially supported the bill now want the governor to veto it. we have the details. >> reporter: voices here growing louder by the day. people from all walks of life coming out in loud opposition to sv 2. >> we're all human beings. we deserve the same rights. >> reporter: the fear it will empower business owners to deny services to gays and lesbians. we spoke with jan brewer. >> i will make my decision in the near future. >> reporter: now a full-court press against the bill. both senators john mccain and jeff blake joining and urging brewer to veto. >> reporter: what was the reaction to the board members?

>> overwhelmingly they asked for us to go down and request that the governor veto this legislation. >> three state senators now say the veto was a mistake. >> we want to correct something we did. it isn't good for the state. especially if you look around and see the negative publicity. >> reporter: supporters of the bill say it's aim, to protect religious rights. maya owns a christian-based business. >> we want to find a way hopefully through something like this bill to have it where everyone is respected for their re religion and faith. >> reporter: the nfl says it is waiting for the results of the

bill. cnn. phoenix. >> all right. now michael sam, you know him, he's on the historic quest to become the first nfl player openly gay. he had a snag yesterday. let's bring in andy scholes with this morning's "bleacher report." yes, there's a lot of hype around his disclosure, but he wasn't supposed to be a knockout star de combine, right? >> he was expected to be a mid to late-round pick. some are saying he definitely did not help that projection with his performance yesterday. he ran a disappoints 4.91 40-yard dash. while sam did not impress, cloudy sure did. he ran a 4 houston, texas 53 40-yard dash which is just

insane for a man his size. he's expected to be a top three pick in the draft. nicks versus mavs tied at 108 with time winding down. derek throws up the shot and it bounces around and goes in itself buzzer. mavs beat the nicks 110-108. that right there may be the nail in the coffin in the nick's miserable season. point guard ramon felton was arrested earlier this morning on three counts of criminal possession of a weapon. the new york post is reporting that felton allegedly point add gun at a woman. the charges are both felonies. this comes five years after a giant wide receiver was sentenced to two years in prison

after accidentally shooting himself at a manhattan nightclub. new york has very strict gun laws. >> who did clowney play for. >> south carolina. >> is he the fastest? >> they're saying he's just a freak of nature. i'm houston texans fan, i'll be happy if he's wearing a texans uniform next season. he will be sacking your boy andrew luck every sunday next year. >> there's no fairness. >> i thought we were friends. i thought we were starting the new year on a new foot. it all went away. >> he's lobbying for his own team. he's bad mouthing the nicks, which we all know is a federal crime. let's take another break.

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welcome back to "new day." let's take a look at your headlines. doctors in california admit they have no idea what's causing a polio-like illness that's now stricken up to two dozen children. the average age of the victims is 12. all of them are suffering from paralysis in one or more of their limbs. health officials expect some kind of virus. now to new developments from ukraine this morning. delays the appointment of a unity government until thursdayment many the meantime, the search continues for ousted president viktor yanukovych. opposition leaders pushing for a fight in venezuela.

the leader refused to show up for a meeting with president maduro. the state governor, a maduro ally, has now broken ranks. recent violence have reportedly left dozens dead. a judge just ruled in south africa that cameras will be allowed into the trial of oscar pes tore yas. he will go on trial on the 3rd. a world war ii vet is having a 90th birthday like no other. last month, he lost his wife of 50 years. his daughter took to facebook asking friends to accepted a card. that post was shared hundreds of times over. look at that. thousands of letters came pouring in wishing hard well and

thanking him for his service. >> what birthday again? >> 90th. >> well done, daughter. we have a cnn exclusive for you this morning. ted nugent speaking out to erin burnett. he's under fire for calling president obama a subhuman mongrel. now abbott said monday, despite everything that's transpired, he has no regrets about appearing with ted nugent. as for the rocker, he gave a back-handed at best apology. take a listen. >> i want to get straight to this question of whether you apologized or not. a lot of people still say you didn't apologize. did you mean it? >> erin, come on. i bet you understand when the question is do you apologize and i answer yes. you don't really have to ask

that question again, do you. >> i want to know why you used the word mongrel when you did. >> i conducted federal raids and texas rangers and the heros of law enforcement. and we're rearresting fugitive felons let out of their cages. we keep going after these guys. the adrenaline is something like you'll never experience. when we're done with these kinds of raids, we get together. we call these monsters mongrels. i knew of no racial reference. >> let me ask you about something else you said about the president since you're saying there was nothing racial about it. in that same conversation that i played for you, you also said this. >> a lot of people call that

inflammatory speech. i would say it's inflammatory speech when it's your job to protect americans and you look into the television and say what difference does it make that i failed in my job to provide failed security. what difference to that make. not to a chimpanzee or hillary clinton i guess it doesn't matter. >> i appreciate you playing that. do you really think that i reference any race as a primate? i call my buddies in my band chimpanzees when they miss a guitar lick. i was referencing people who would look in the camera when there's four dead americans in benghazi and refuse to be accountable and say what difference does it make. i have not a racist bone in my body. that a propaganda ministry

running amuck. i just celebrated my 50th greatest tour, 50 years, number one guitar player in detroit last year. get over it. >> all i know is if i called the president a chimpanzee i would and should be fired because it is a racist thing to say. >> i never called the president -- >> then who were you referring to? >> you think -- you think i hesitate. people who support that it doesn't matter four americans are dead. >> people who looked into the television and said -- the people you're referring to. i'll leave it to our viewer to decide. i want to ask you something that obviously is personal to me as well, that is that this isn't just about the president, the things you say. women in particular, here's some

of the words you've used to describe hillary clinton. i obviously can't say them on this program, but they include the toxics c word. whether you agree with her politics are to the not, there are people that listen to you and care deeply about what you say. how can they not be offended by terms like that? >> well, erin, i have a very important advisory board. i've got nine wonderful kids and 11 grandkids. they're telling me over the years, dad, honey, quit calling people names. so i'm stopping calling people names. >> are you saying you're never going to call people names again? >> live on erin burnett out front, cnn. ted nugent, remember the alamo, february 24th, 2014, i'm not going to call people names

anymore. however i have a skap call here, when i'm on stage, would you give me permission to go over board on occasion, please tell me you will. >> to me, these things are not light at all -- >> i'm not making light. very serious. very serious. >> to create more polarization is a horrible thing to do. >> my children, my brothers, my sister and my wonderful wife have told me that other and over. and i think at the tender age of 65, i think you're absolutely correct. >> i think the last part is important. the discussion we've been -- >> i'm very torn on this. you know i am. >> it is because -- >> because i -- he is relevant because someone who is running for governor brought him on stage and campaigned with him. so he is part of the political conversation unfortunately.

however, i am very hesitant to give more airtime to crazy. >> i'm with you because i feel like it's not as though it's part of the -- i was just going to say the positive discourse, it's politics for god sakes. it's kind of crazy making to begin with. to me, it seems like noise and i wonder about it too. i won'tder -- >> more fuel to the fire. >> i believe in covering these things. i don't believe in hiding. >> it's not hiding, though. it's more adding further fuel to the fire. >> i think it's -- i don't think there is a clear outcome when you view these things and i think that's part of our job. and you expose what nugent did because it was past the line no matter where you want to draw it. his positions are widely held, how he feels about benghazi,

many people do. when you put it into these terms and start playing to the ugliness, you have ruined the debate -- >> i am calling the message -- >> absolutely. but you have to show how he delivers the message. because then people who share his position don't just adopt the rhetoric as well. that's why i want to expose it. we need to realize it's time to change. it's not a dam joke. it has to get better. he's not the only one. ted nugent isn't the face of the problem. it's something that has to be covered and discussed. we'll do it more with ben ferguson, the man that nugent originally went to to make his apology. >> i continue to be torn. i know that's like being switer land, but it's not. >> let's take another break to continue considering that. breakfast isn't the latest front in the high-stakes fight

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for this hour of the morning. the fast food wars are heating up. >> we'll take a hot sausage. >> sorry, sir, we stopped serving breakfast at 10:30. >> horse [ bleep ]. >> that was my story. they finally beat considering to end the madness with their breakfast hours. also taco bell entering the fray. let's ta-- let's go backwards. they're coming into the breakfast world. >> this is a high-margin part of the business. they want to make a run for the breakfast border and get you the all in one a.m. crunch wrap.

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temperatures in the single digits. chicago feels like 9 below. so, yes, we have windchill advisories out there this morning. this cold is here to stay. look at the highs through the afternoon. chicago expecting a high of 20. that's a good 20 degrees below normal. even in the northeast, 10, 15 below. this dome of high pressure, singing air coming from the poles. look what a chunk of the country it's taking. that's how many of us are going to be staying cold over the next several days. you can see a little bit of energy out there. what are we talking about? some flurries of snow. not a lot. down to the southeast maybe about an inch or two of rain. i'm with you. sorry. i'm hungry now. >> don't do anything related to

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it's what they're doing off the podium that is getting them lots of attention. including rescuing stray puppies from russia. let's get to it. joss christensen, gus kenworthy and nick agagoepper are here. this is a big moment for us. are you guys getting used to this yet? >> it's cool. >> it's starting to -- >> starting to set in? >> we're in in new york city the past couple days doing stuff like this. >> you always sit in this order? >> yeah, either we'll go first, second, third. >> is it affecting the friendship? the order of speaking, who has to pay? >> joss just pays for everything. >> that's the responsibility of winning gold. >> the three of you seem really

tight now. did you get time now beforehand or were you off in your own different corners? >> for the most part, we were always in the same general area. >> i like the hat. >> all the contests coming into the season, we were hanging out. so we spent a lot of time with each other. we've known nick for the past five years. >> you two look like you could be brothers. i want to get your take on why the u.s. dominated this event. but also, there's usually a lot of tension. they want everybody to do well, but they're not buddies. there seems to be a different culture among the boarders. what's your take? >> i think it goes along with the culture, the action sports culture in itself. we're all kind of founded on that, like, brotherhood.

we're all just friends. each of us inspire each other to work on different tricks. >> but is there a little bit of like sort of good humored competition between the three of you? >> kind of. there's a little bit of tension between certain people more so than others. there's a lot of comradery. >> why do you dominate? >> because our mountains are the best. the others come to the u.s. to train. >> our sport's primarily based in north america for the last ten years. >> you mentioned inspiring. and individually, you guys are amazing on -- on the slopes. but you each off the slopes you have also amazing stories to talk about. we'll get to your dating issues in a second.

joss, i was reading about your story. it breaks your heart and warms your heart at the very same time. you lost your mother last year. then to come and win these games, to honor your dad, which is a big reason you got into skiing. what did it mean in that moment when you pulled off the gold? >> just for me to make it to the olympics is huge. my family and my mom and dad have been the biggest supporters. my dad sat me down and said, hey, i'm confident you're going to make it, i'm going to be the first spectator there in the stands. it was a huge goal for me to make it there. it almost didn't happen. for me, it was huge and i was so excited to be able to represent the u.s. and be on the first slopestyle team. i just wanted to go in thinking positively and knowing my dad was there with me and try to ski

my best. i hope i made him proud. >> i can assure you of that. >> that gold is even more powerful because of that story. >> absolutely. >> we got to talk about the dogs. when they arrive. are they all spoken for? >> yes. my friend that showed me the dogs, he was out there doing media stuff. he's still out there. his name is robin. he's staying there until the dogs are ready to come home. >> how long's the quarantine? >> they didn't actually have to have quarantine. they had their vaccinations. like ten days after doing that, they can leave. >> people could not get enough of you and the dogs. miley cyrus falling in love with you as well. >> might not have been just the

dogs. >> where did the hash tag i want to date nick come about, my friend? you really have a hard time finding girls? >> is that why you started the hash tag? >> right after the games, we all started getting a lot of attention on social media. valentine's day was the very next day. i thought it would be fun to have a little fun with it. and we were actually -- the today show started that hash tag. it caught on. all these girls are submitting all these really cool and creati creati creative entries. >> little did you know, joss is behind half of them. >> the good news is you got a lot of attention. the bad news is it's all from him. >> congratulations.

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good morning. welcome back to "new day." it's tuesday, february 52th, 7:00 in the east now. and we're going to start with our news blast. that's the most news that you can get anywhere. you ready? >> this country is divided. >> this is about the ukrainian people and their future. >> her left arm suddenly stopped mo moving. >> people have been persecuted lery jously. >> we're all human beings, we se serve the -- deserve the same rights. >> we are no longer sizing the military to conduct long and large operations. breaking news, listen up. pakistan launching fighter jets and toyota militant hideouts

near the afghanistan border. a tribal region home to terror groups is their target. peace talking broke down last week after the taliban reportedly killed two dozen pakistani soldiers. united states may have to wait to get their hands on joaquin guzman. their expected to start the process of bringing "el chapo" to trial. right now guzman is being held in a maximum security facility outside mexican city. breaking news this morning, a south korean fishing vessel is stranded in antarctica waters. 90 people are said to be aboard the vessel. they have start add maritime search and rescue operation. want to change the tax code? listen up. a major over haul.

the washington post reports, a lower rate at 10% and 5%. people are even higher salaries would be subject to a surtax. they say it took two years to write the plan and because of that, priorities have changed. attorney general eric holder will meet with his state counter parts today in washington after taking the unusual step of saying they are not required to defend laws they find discriminatory. all democrats have refused to defend bans on same-sex marg marriage. a growing backlash to chuck hagel's proposal to shrink the size of the army to preworld war ii levels. lindsey graham among those

calling it a bad idea. hagel is set to tour army and air force posts in virginia today. cold weather is coming back and in a big way. millions in the northeast, even the south will face a bit early cold -- bitterly cold week. it could feel like 30 below zero up north. i can't believe it's almost march, indra petersons and you are still doing this to us. >> yeah, it's all my fault, right? we're definitely talking about this cold arctic air. you can see where the cold air is again. each day, it's expected to get progressively worse through the middle of the week. we're talking about windchill temperatures that are going to feel like they're in the single digits if not below zero. chicago as your waking up it

feels like almost ten below. 120, even -- 20 even 30 degrees below where they should be. chicago your high below freezing at 20. even new york city, talking about just the 30s. spreading all the way down even to the south where it could be 30 degrees below average. former florida governor jeb bush says his famous last name could be a problem if he runs for president. he told them he thinks hillary clinton is facing a challenge. >> i get the point. if i was to run, i'd have to overcome that. and so will hillary by the way. we keep the same standards for everybody. >> former first lady barbara bush says she doesn't want jeb

to run. it's time for another family to set up. michelle obama to set a new proposal to ban junk food in schools. they would not longer be allowed to have vending machines or posters that promote unhealthy food. >> a new honest for for the three cleveland women held captive for over a decade. they were all on hand to receive the annual courage award from ohio's governor. >> three extraordinary women who despite having the worst of the world rose above it. >> you recall the women were rescued in may of last year after being held captive in the home of ariel castro. he later killed himself in prison. it is a pivotal day for the ukraine. they are expected to appoint in

unity government thursday. we're going to cover every angle of this story. starting with nick paton walsh in kiev. >> reporter: at this point, parliament has just stopped its session. it's been passing a large number of votes today. they're not going to vote on the prime minister today. they need billions of dollars right now to keep the economy aflo afloat after the devastation that wrecked the square behind me in the past week. u.s. and european officials coming here to talk to the opposition leaders who rapidly formed this government. but the question is, where does this money come from. russia negative about where this country's headed. keeping our focus on the ukraine, for russia and vladimir putin, stakes in the ukraine are

high both politically and economically. last year he promised cheap gas and billions in aid to influence it to turn down the un. could putin intervene, even militarily. ivan watsons in moscow for us with that angle of the story. what are you hearing? >> the big question is what is ukraine's big brother russia going to do right now. its policy is in tatters. just last week russia was pledging billions of dollars to yanukovych, but that man has now fled. now the protestors, they're the ones who are currently in charge. so far, moscow has withdrawn its ambassador from kiev. it's also announced it's going to suspend some of that money and aid and that was supposed to

go to the ukrainian government. in the meantime, some of the rhetoric has been pretty harsh. the russian prime minister saying we don't have anybody to negotiate in kiev. we don't talk to armed groups and bands. calling for a policy of nonintervention in the ukraine. russia can make trouble for the ukraine. in years past, it cut off crucial fuel supplies leaving that country cold skpchlt there is a significant and restive ethnic russian community in the ukraine. some of those russians have been calling for separation in the ukraine. we're going to have to watch very closely in the days and weeks ahead. now to venezuela where it looks like things are going to get worse before it gets better. the government and opposition at odds. now a peace conference on the

agenda is in doubt. and at least one alley in nicholas maduro's government is denouncing him. carl? >> reporter: opposition leaders are making it clear that they feel they have nothing to discuss in those peace talks being offered by the socialist president nicholas maduro. they want to crack down on spiraling crime and rescue a tanking economy. there is a pro regime state governor now rebelling. he's calling the president's response to the protests says sieve. they continue to have daily rallies by the loyal lists and the opposition supporters. the scene does seem to be set for more confrontation. a 65 mile stretch of the

mississippi back open this morning after being closed for two days off an oil spilled. it spilled after a barge collided with a towboat on saturdays. another round of rest on the way in an -- arresting on the way. get this, cnn's learned as many as 30 names will be released on top of the 100 retired police and firefighters indicted last month. they were accused of collecting social security when they weren't fully disabled. in case you're planning a family vacation to disney world, you're going to have to save up a little more to feel the magic. they have hiked prices for the second time in less than a year. single day admission, 99 bucks for adults and children 10 and older. workers there are rallying to

get a bigger piece of that pie in the way of better benefits and hopefully higher pay. let's check what is in the paper right now with a look at the wall street journal. more than 80 companies telling the health care law has impacted their bottom lines. many large employers across industries say they're spending more on insurance benefits. they anticipate future gains. colorado stepping up state trooper training in order to spot drivers driving high. they say they cited 60 people last month for driving offices where pot was believed to be involved. stoned driving citations made up 15% of driving citations in january. >> in the l.a. times, los angeles. the city council panel has endorsed a number of new restrictions, including a ban on

using vapor devices. the proposal goes to the council for a vote next week. new fierce about -- fears about acetaminophen. a strong link between prenatal use and childhood adhd. here's the other side of the argument. many doctors say fevers could pose an even greater risk to the fetus. any study suggests women with a certain genetic mutation carrying the risk of cancer can reduce the risk fg they have their ovaries removed by the age of 35. studies show the risk is reduced by some 80%. let's talk about this with dr. sanjay gupta. the numbers are pretty astonishing. i know a lot of people are

paying attention to this. we're talking about the jean mutation that's been in the news, in the headlines quite a bit. why are doctors recommending this move because it is a drastic move. >> no question about it. it's a drastic move. all of this is in the spirit of prevention. this idea that you find these genes and then women and their doctors are trying to make tough decisions. but we've known for some time that this breast cancer gene not only increases your risk of breast cancer, but ovarian cancer. we have numbers to put behind it. take a look first of all overall at the risk of breast cancer. it can increase your risk of

ovarian cancer by 40% and 20% if you have the breast cancer two gene. let me show you the ages specifically. if you look under the age of 40, with that breast cancer one miation, about 1.5% increase risk of ovarian cancer. 40, you see a significant jump there. here's the thing, if you are going to decide that you're going to use this information to try and prevent cancer, doctors say in order to get the maximum benefit out of that, you have to think about having the ovaries removed before the age of 35 because the risk starts to go up and you start to lose the preventive benefit. it's going to be an interesting conversation between women and their doctors. now we're talking about prophylactic tick mass technical mys and ovarian removals. >> do you think this is going to

go even further and really change the practice, change how we even look at cancer and try to fight cancer? >> i do. i've talked to a couple colleagues in the word of oncology and cancer even last night about this. i think so. the movement -- if you follow the trajectory of medicine, it's all about trying to find information early and acting upon that information early. if you don't want to act upon it, you probably shouldn't have the tests in the first place. it's counter affected by the fact that women are having babies later. so there's going to be a couple of conversations. how does it affect the decision about the operation but family planning in general. what does this mean for my future if i have this genetic test done in my 20s, it's going to plan a path going forward for the next decade or so. >> women are having babies

later, and that conversation is very important when you're talking about these gene mutations and what to do about it. 35 is the important age here. >> that's the number. >> of course, you got to talk to your doctor about it. >> thanks. all right. let's take a look at what is trending. a twitter handle exposing boorish behavior of gold man sacks employees. it office texas man who has never even worked for the wall street firm. he started the handle as a way to entertain himself. it took almost three year to find him. former president george w. bush turned painter will get his first gallery showing. they will exhibit and open the president's artwork. the highlight of the show will be two dozen portraits by bush

which have never been seen publicly. no stopping the man known as the jeopardyville january. arthur chu came out on top again on monday. they may not like his unorthodox style, but it certainly has worked. this won't be the end. as a five-time winner, he actually qualifies for the tournament of champions. seth meyers has officially landed in late night. the guests on his first show, amy poehler and joe biden who was asked about his 2016 plans. >> well, you know, i was planning on making a major announcement tonight, but i decided tonight's you're night. >> thank you. >> so -- so i hope you'll invite me back. >> yes, absolutely. and amy, your 2016 plans? >> i'm going to run for

president. >> meyers has a star-stud ed lineup for the rest of the week. >> that's a very fun comedic o duo. amy poehler and joe biden. love to hear that conversation in the green room. >> i think he always means -- i think he always knows what he's saying and how it may be taken or not taken. >> he's been in politics a long time. as you said, he kind of doesn't care. >> he doesn't take himself too seriously. hollywood we know this morning is mourning for a man who gave is so many laughs. funeral is underway for harold ramis. he died monday after a battle

with a long illness. he was just shy of 70 years old. his legacy a long list in the last 40 years. nischelle is here to take a look at some of these. >> it's really unmatched. hollywood did lose a comedy le jebd on monday. he leaves behind laughs that will endure for generations to come. he is perhaps best known for his role as the doctor spangler of ghost busters. he was the brains behind comedy classics as "animal house." his direct tomorrow debut, "caddy shack" and "ground hog day." he got his start in his hometown

of chicago where he emerged as a visionary comedic writer first with the canadian produced sc tv and later in moves like "stripes" and "analyze this." >> just hit the pillow. see how you feel. >> and while he leaves behind a for admissible dodd of box office hits -- ♪ somebody told me that her name was joe ♪ >> it is his legacy that helped reshape the landscape of comedy that will always be remembered. ramis died monday from complicationed related to an auto immune disease. bill murray told us simply harold ramis earned his keep on this planet.

>> how beautiful. >> i think we all need to watch "stripes" and "ground hog day." >> thanks for that look back. coming up next on "new day," democrats calling on the explainer in chief for a little help. they're sending bill chin ton to kentucky. and after a bumpy start to the new year, the bulls are back. stocks are rebounding. so is there a play in here for you? is the economy finally really coming back. we're going to talk to shark tank's mr. wonderful. there he is. he looks wonderful. when you order the works you want everything. an expert ford technician knows your car's health depends on a full, complete checkup. the works. because when it comes to feeling safe behind the wheel, going the distance

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i'll make you a hundred thousand dollar offer for 40%. >> you thief. you really do come in on a bedroom. >> you just saw kevin as a judge on abc's "shark tank." the bull market is looking like it's raising dramatic losses. monday just short of a record close. what does that mean for you and your 401(k). he's here to answer all of our questions. help us, oh wise one. where did you get mr. wonderful? >> because i'm the only shark

that tells the truth and that's wonderful. >> and that is coming from an unbiassed opinion. >> absolutely. >> and the originator of the name. >> i never have to remember what i said because i just tell the truth all the time. that's it. >> what do you make of the roller coaster that looks like the markets these days? they're up, they're down. i'm afraid to look at my 401(k) on a given day. where do you see the strength and weakness in the economy? >> the stock market is driven by fear. it's global. every day we here a story about ukraine for example and turkey, as there's volatility in thinking, so there's volatility in the market. but you shouldn't care about that. at the end of the day long term the only thing that matters are the earnings of our american companies. on that front, record earnings

last year, the year before and it looks like that this year. our companies are doing a better job than your government is doing right now. >> we've been hearing a lot from government about income inequality. when you hear the politicians talking, what is the big lie to you being told to the american people? sg >> i think in the last few years, we vilified what makes america great in the first place. people came to this country hundreds of years ago to be pree and pursue economic from. we should be celebrating that. let's not forget they pay all the taxes that make this country so great. >> so that end, when you say that, you know, the 99% are going to cry foul and say look, you're talking about me, what about my dream.

we talk a lot on this air about the great divide been the haves and have nots. how can we bridge that gap? >> you have to look at it this way, the numbers don't support this emotional and pop list view people have. 32 years ago, people lived in utter poverty. today it's 17%. thank you cap lichl, because that's what made the change. today, 20% of the world is illitera illiterate. let's celebrate what's working. in america, we have 24 million small businesses. every one of those people is trying to create a new job today. so, i don't want to debate the politics of the new health care law, but it now is a wind in the front of small business. it costs them more to provide

their services. talk about raising the minimum wage, that's insane. here's the problem, in the end, all of the wealth in america and all the things we wen from come from people that pay taxes, not from the government. everything we do, the best way to think -- leave politics out of it and ask yourself, if implement a policy, does that help create a new job in america. that's all that matters. >> businesses are bouncing back. we're seeing businesses, large and small businesses, they're bouncing back. but we're not seeing that when we see the monthly jobs report. we're not seeing that come with jobs created. you can't make them, but how do you get big business to make big job investment? >> you've raised an excellent point. the s&p 500 that we think of as the stock market, they have done

a phenomenal job in creating earnings. but in doing so, they've moved jobs offshore. apple has 10,000 jobs in america and 10 million overseas. companies have done the right thing for themselves and they've moved their jobs offshore. what we should be focusing on now is not the big companies anymore. we need to focus on the 23 million small businesses that traditionally do 50% of the sales in this country. we've stopped looking at them. let's talk to a man or a woman running a business of five employees that we want to create two or three or fourny jobs, times 23 million. that's highway we save america. we've made it very hard for them in the last few years to do that. it's our own fault that we suffer this unemployment right now. it's the small companies that can't escape the laws of the head winds that we have in

policies both at a local, state, and federal level. time to free them. >> do you have one piece of advice that you give someone who wants to with a small -- be a small business to survive? what's your -- what's the key to success? is there one thing you see? >> it's not the pursuit of money or being agreeddy, it's the -- greedy, it's the pursuit of freedom. to send your children where you want, to not pick up the phone if you don't want to and to give money to those who deserve more. it's what creates a great economy and every ent parenthesiser knows that. we have actually vilified what made us great. we've got to turn that back. we need this think of america in terms of jobs and creating new business opportunities for small business. >> they definitely drive new hires in the country right now.

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welcome back to "new day." let's take a look at your headlines. we'll begin in ukraine. the interim president is expected to appoint a unity government today. viktor yanukovych wanted for mass murder is still on the run. and vladimir putin is feeling pressure from the west to not over react from the ukraine. a miss tear just polio like illness has doctors baffled in california. as many as two dozen children have already been stricken. health experts say there's little chance those children will recover. iran may be breaking a u.n.

weapons em bar co-. tehran has signed a deal to sell $2 million worth of arms to iraq. well, perhaps it was divine intervention. a bus driver in ohio says his bible saved him from a brutal attack. the 49-year-old was assaulted by three men in a seemingly random attack in daytona. he was stabbed and shot at three times. two shots to his chest did not penetrate because they were stopped by a bible he had in his pocket. luckily he did not suffer any other life threat thing injuries. let's talk about a big day in what many see as the most closely watched senate race in kentucky. bill clinton is traveling there.

erin mcpike is there with much more on this race. he's first got to get through his primary. >> reporter: it's gridlock in washington that has made him so unpopular here in kentucky in recent years. that's giving democrats this rare pickup opportunity down south. rich mcconnell leading the pack. >> these people need to be stopped. and a good way to stop them is to make me the majority leader of the united states senate this november. >> reporter: but he has to win reelection first. >> kentucky now is thought of maybe not a deep red state, but reddish. >> reporter: now remember him, bill clinton carried the typically red blue grass state in both of his presidential

elections in the '90s. he campaigned against mcconnell in 2008. today he's making his first big stop on the 2014 trail. >> we have on got to have more people willing to reach across the aisle. >> reporter: campaigning for their star recruit. >> with your help i will be the next senator from kentucky. >> reporter: grimes was an attorney in electioning ston. her father has a relationship with bill clinton spanning three decades. candidate grimes is leaning heavily on the clintons. she must defeat matt bevin in the primary. with ted cruz's maneuvers causing problems, like shutting down the government for 15 days.

>> all's well that ends well. >> reporter: even though bevin and grimes may be trouble, mcconnell has a reputation as a ruthless campaigner. polls show this race is very close. grimes father had a catering business, still does, and he catered some of clinton's inaugural events in 1993. as we know, loyalty is something very valuable to the clintons. >> we've heard about it and we're seeing it now. thanks very much. a race we must all watch very closely. coming up on "new day," we'll give it the heading things must change, question mark? we're going to bring on ben ferguson to debate whether ted nugent is the bottom when it comes to political discourse. and a blind man is allowed

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welcome back. we have two hot button issues to debate here -- with you this morning. the first, ted nugent. he gives this bizarre interview last night. he's explaining his comments most notably where he called president obama a subhuman mongrel. did he aapologize, that's become a big question. he did the first interview with ben ferguson last week. lake a listen to what erin said. >> come on, you've got this

english language down really well. i bet you understand when i answer yes. >> she said, yes, i do. she wanted it to be a clean apolo apology. let's bring in ben ferguson right now. thank you very much. >> morning. >> let's forget the apology for a second and here's why. can you apologize for this. it wasn't an accident. you say it all the time. it's really not about an apology, is it? >> well, in the words of ted nugent, i don't think in history since he's been above the child level has he apologized pretty much publicly for anything. so for ted nugent, yeah, he would say this is an apology. he does have qualifiers of he is upset about this country, where it is, the president of the united states of america and

what's going on. for a politician, maybe not. but for ted nugent, i think this is the best you're going to get. >> now, when i am i making him relevant. of course, he's news worthy. the we becomes now, what does he mean. i submit that this has gone too far. ted nugent is not the only one. but, yes, the position on benghazi, many people feel the way he does to be sure, but you can't debate it this way. you can't brick ugliness -- bring ugliness into it and this should be the bottom. your take. >> i agree with you. i think ted nugent, i said, look are you going to stop using it because it seems to be marge liezing the opinion. >> he said, yes, i'm going to stick more to the issues and not to the name calling.

the big take away is, can you debate politics without getting personal and nasty and the answer is we should be. i think both sides can learn from this and realize you can have a grand debate, but as soon as you start using name calling, that you're stupid or an idiot, that is when we lose, i think, trying to move forward on these issues. i bet you money, moving forward, ted nugent will probably never say things like this again. i think he's learned from that. he also told me i'll never use the terminology sub human mongrel ever again. he, like many others, didn't realize the context of it. >> his context -- i know he used it. i heard the tape. i watched the clip. he meant it in a completely

different context. let's leave alone. let's get to abbott. abbott says i have no regrets being with nugent. i think that's over the line. i think you should call him out and say, how dare you say you have no problem being with the guy. i think the line has been crossed. >> i think the line's crossed, but i also think you have a thing that's called loyalty. he finally put her back out there on sunday morning. there's something to the effect of loyalty here. i think greg abbott was being loyal here. the president was loyal to susan rice. >> it's not the same thing. >> he benched her for an entire year. >> it's not the same thing. you're not being a good friend. when they do something that is

ugly, destructive and mean spirited. we both know that. >> susan rice came out and lied about four americans dying on the anniversary of 9/11 and insulted those who died and their families by giving them a fake story about protestors. >> it's wrong. >> you want to be lied to? >> absolutely not. the situation should be investigated. i don't disagree with any of that. however, it is different than using an insult to motivate an argument. i don't think it's loyalty. i think what abbott did is wrong. and i think that's the discussion to have. say it's wrong and move on and call it out when we see it. i think it's the only answer. >> i -- i agree with you on that. and i think it's one thing that we all -- name calling in

politics only tunes people out i think to the true issues affecting people, whether it be in texas or colorado or california or any other state. and i think you have to start dealing more with issues. that's the real take aware i think that's what ted said last night. >> okay. let's put that to bed now. let's make that pledge. we do this a lot and going to do it more. the game has got to change. it's gone too far. not just ted. too many teds out there. >> this other one. you had me on this other topic. i've got to go back. i have a stronger position now. blind man has a gun. you make arguments about why blind people ought to be able to have guns. some states allow it. if you're sight impaired you can

still have a gun. this guy has a gun, uses it to shoot a guy in the chest. the guy's girlfriend says he doesn't need to do it. the guy says he did. he winds up getting stand your ground immunity for it. is this the case looking at combination of facts. who had the gun? the woman said it didn't have to happen. is it time to reconsider the value of stand your ground and keeping duty of retreat out of analysis? is it time to rethink it, ben? >> i don't think so because one thing is you have a motive from the woman who says her good friend was shot. you have an issue there of perspective. the other thing is, i trust law enforcement and prosecutors to look at the law and decide truly if your life was in danger. they know the facts of the case, they're the ones that

investigate and choose to charge the crime or not. look at the case with dunn. stand your ground law didn't help him that much. they still charged him with crimes. he's going to prison the rest of his life. >> he didn't get the homicide. >> in my opinion that's a life sentence. >> let me tell you why. feel free to disagree. he doesn't get a verdict on the homicide. when you look at law, it takes away the duty of retreat. takes away making violence the last option in dealing with the situation. you don't have to do it anymore. you get to stay there and make a subjective judgment you need to deal with the force coming at you to defend yourself. when you take out duty of retreat, you start rewarding bad decisions. that's my concern. >> he also -- he didn't retreat when he started shooting up the car. the question was on the first shot when there was a

confrontation, was there a reasoning to stand your ground? did he have fear for his life? the jury was deadlocked on that issue. the other shots were clear purposely, obviously stand your ground law could not apply. when someone is putting a car in reverse and going away, stand your ground law did not help him, did not apply to him. that's the why he's going to prison the rest of his life. i look at the core back to this blind man. in the situation he was in, i have to trust the police looked at this and thought he was in fear for his life and should be able to protect himself especially when you're blind. once someone gets hands on you i don't when you're blind, you're out of option here. they took that into consideration. you have someone angry, lost someone they care about. they were shot for goodness sake. the woman says it was not fair to use the gun. there's a perspective difference there. police get to look at it

objectively. i think they did the right thing. >> they were handcuffed by the witness testimony. there was compromise by the witness that backed up the idea it wasn't reasonable. what bangs around in my head is this laura has gotten to the point police have to take the word of a blind man of what was going on in the situation and it passes legal muster to justify a killer. it confuses me. >> i understand that. here's the thing. a blind person can be one of the biggest victims in life no matter what it is. they can't see. i don't think that should be able to be used against them. we should have protections when they talk it has weight and it's not, oh you're blind and you can't tell me what happened because you can't see. i don't think that would be fair. >> unless it goes down to what you were able to see in the situation. i agree about protecting the

rights of those that have sight. we have to stay with stand your ground. i've got to go ben. thank you for being with us as always. let's continue on twitter. all right? always good to see you. >> thanks. >> to you as well. >> let's continue on twitter, #newday. you know how to get me. kate? >> coming up next, a deck collapse in indiana leaving dozens injured. why this is coming out now and what the family on the deck wants. [ tires screech ] [ car alarm chirps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze, and recondition each one, until it's nothing short

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it's 8:00 in the east where unfortunately the bitter cold is making bitter comeback. barely anyone is spared in the eastern half of the country. parts of the north feeling back below 0 this morning.

the cold sending mercury plunging in the south. here in the east, gripping for freezing temperatures and snow. 23 days until spring. count them out. >> when you see 0 on the map, that's not a good day. detroit 0 with a wind chill. chicago you feel almost 10 below. you're actually cooler than minneapolis where they feel like a whopping 1 degrees. this is the new story. even towards the afternoon, the highs 20 below average. temperatures below freezing. minneapolis your high 7. chicago 20, new york city high of 34. when you go southeast, look at t the difference by tomorrow. 30 below average for chicago. tomorrow is worse than today. atlanta your high 48 degrees. yes, the pain is here. why? this guy's fault not mine. high pressure coming spreading

down to the southeast. look how big it is. taking over a huge chunk of the country. it's the sinking air keeping cold in place. snow showers in the ohio valley and east today. in the east chances of rain. talking less than an inch for the most part. not a big deal as far as snow. it's cold, so snow can happen. >> it's an insult to injury. >> a little bit. or a big one. new this morning out of russia, president putin is going from glory of hosting the olympic games to his next big challenge. the acting president in ukraine delay formation of unity government until thursday, a sign of instability there. senior correspondent nick payton walsh joining us. nick? >> reporter: chris, all about the politicians now trying to get the country together. we have heard from one of the

key figures in the crowd he wants to run for presidency. the former chief of staff of the ousted president viktor yanukovych has been wounded by gunshot. no further details. the focus is trying to get the government together. officials are going to offer in terms the government doesn't like. billions are needed immediately. this country's crisis is continuing. a man hunt underway for ukraine's ousted president yanukovych who remains on the run. ukraine's most wanted man charged with ordering the mass murderer of protestors on the streets of kiev last week. independent square now transferred into a memorial. ukraine's opposition putting on a diplomatic show of force forming the beginnings of their interim government, a regime

change russia a scuffed at. the prime minister talking about the shaky foundation and economy on the brink of bankruptcy. declaring the new government is not legitimate saying it's a threat to russia's citizens. russia says western countries are wrong to view this as a changing of the guard. the crime they perceive to be the west political motivations. >> that imagery 18th century balance of politics doesn't work in the 21st century. it's not the frame work for any country that wants to make citizens prosperous and secure. >> russia's foreign ministry calls protestors against the police militant thugs and saying the west is encouraging extremist actions and methods of dictatorship. >> this is not a competition between east and west, not a restoration of the cold war.

this is about the ukrainian people and their future. >> reporter: ukraine has been here before. ten years ago there was similar after the departure and yanukovych the first time he was ousted. the corrupt political ukraine got their fingers in the pie again. many concerned the same thing is happening. people were booing parliament yesterday because of speed of corrections taken. now there's a pause before thursday, the prime minister is announced or voted on. that's key to getting the country back on its feet. people want a change in characters at the top not just in the viktor yanukovych. that's the challenge, how to keep the country. >> we'll stay on top of it. nick, you'll be there. thank you so much. new develop presidements th be bad for your wallet. two important household staples

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average price could hit $3.60 by april. we're below averages from last year. you'll feel milk and gas prices to continue to rise. brace yourself when you fill up or go to the grocery store. let's look at more headlines this hour. a rescue operation is underway in waters off antarctica. a fishing boat is stranded with 90 on abort. the navy is sending ships to rescue them. we're told everyone on board is safe. a judge is expected to announce guzman will go on trial to face trafficking charges. that means attempts to put him on trial in u.s. court. those plans are on hold. his lawyers have filed a petition asking the mexican courts to block the extra

diction from the united states. the president is likely to push for his proposed minimum wage hike and extending unemployment benefits. obama is hopeful congress can get something done despite it being an election year and has th threatened executive action. catchers can no longer block the plate before they have the ball. the biggest change, a runner who goes out of his way to force a collision will be ruled out even if the catcher drops the ball. umpires will be able to use replays as pay guide for now. this move is a one year experiment. interesting. take a look at this. what is it? a piece of the crystal zircon which we know is the oldest known thing on our planet. scientists have dated this piece of the gem found in australia to 4.4 billion years old.

roughly when the earth's crust was formed. the crystal's biggest dimension, get this, just a tad bigger than a dust mite, about four human hairs. you can barely spot it. there it is. the oldest thing on earth. isn't that amazing? >> that is really cool. >> i love that stuff. really cool. >> all right. so something else cool. we've got a checklist with our next guest. here they are. what do we do about the situation in ukraine? >> are the big pentagon cuts going to be big for the country? >> the arizona law that could allow discriminating against gays and lesbians. do they need it here? the man here to answer these questions. senator john mccain. great to see you. you look better every time i see you. >> i thought i was the oldest thing on earth.

>> no, you're the best thing on earth. let's start with this point. what should the u.s. do with ukraine? can we contain putin? >> i believe we can if they move forward as quick as possible with the formation of new government. an economic plan to help restore immediately ukraine economy. it's on the verge of collapse. i would not underestimate putin's belief ukraine is part of russia. he's said it many times. i'm not afraid troops are going to come in. i'm concerned there could be an undermining in the east especially where the major russian naval base is. there could be some kind of separatist movement. i'm concerned about that. i think we ought to look at putin with more clear eyes. he does believe this is a cold war game even if the president

doesn't. >> then we have to get to why are we not meeting the challenge as you seem to see it where putin is involved? you've been on the ground in kiev and understand the situation. how do we avoid that? >> i can't imagine syria catastrophe. i imagine you see a strong separatist movement in the east fostered by russians as you know there's large russian population in eastern ukraine. they could declare some kind of separatist movement. . i'm not saying that's going to happen. the quicker we get the economy moving again, the less likely that scenario is. do not underestimate putin in my opinion. >> do we have what it takes to

beat putin in this situation? >> i do accept it. it bothers me when the president doesn't realize or seem to realize that what putin is about. he's put pressure on the baltic countries. they're occupying georgia. vladimir putin has visions of the russian empire. we ought to realize that and treat it accordingly. that does not mean another cold war. it means we sure up friends, help economy, move countries. frankly ukraine i have beginning of at least a process to move to nato if they wanted to. >> what do you think is motiv e motivating the lack of resolve from the white house? do you think they're afraid of putin? is president barack obama afraid of going toe to toe with putin? >> no, i don't. i think it's a different view of the world the president has. his comments about this is not

some cold war game. our failure to help in syria, black flags of al qaeda flying over folusia. regional conflict expanding because of this horrible situation in syria that we basically -- on meet the press, the president's national security advisor said some want to put boots on the ground. i'd like to know who that is. it's certainly not me. i certainly think there's a range of option we could be doing more and should have done a lot more over the last three years. chris, it's horrendous what's going on. go on my website and see the pictures of horrible things done to innocent syrian people. >> oi will senator. thank you. the proposed budget cuts that will affect the military, your concerns? >> last week the director of national intelligence talked

about growing threats throughout the world. i don't predict conflict. i'm an old peace through strength guy. i believe when we're sending thethe signal we're cutting defense that's a mistake. there are savings to be made in defense. making cuts this size it concerns me a great deal especially since we're increasing domestic spending. >> last point. the law in arizona that made it through the legislator i think 33-27. lgbt the gay community in general is not a protected class under arizona or federal law. why do you need the law there? >> i don't think we do. unfortunately it hurts the image of our state just as a couple of yours ago our of law sb 1070 that you're familiar with, it's not an accident our arizona

chamber of commerce and business leaders came out with a strong message yesterday they don't want the governor to sign this. this is going to hurt the state of arizona's economy. frankly our image. i hope the governor of arizona will veto this and we move on. arizona is the most beautiful states in america. it's not helpful when we see this kind of controversy. >> i love it there. always happy to visit arizona. that community is not a protected class. a business can do what it wants without violating civil rights. it seems the only reason for this law is use a bait and switch. you know what's motivating it. do you think the governor will stop the law? >> well, i hope so. i have not had a direct

conversation with her about it. again, it's one of those things as you say, i've not did -- i don't know of a necessity for it. i believe that arizona is a wonderful state. we welcome all people of all persuasions. we're proud of our state. so this is though the the message we want to send. i hope the governor will veto it and we'll move on and advertise the great beauty of our state. >> senator mccain, thank you as always. the situations with the budget talks about the pentagon and ukraine progress, i hope you let us call on you again. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure, chris. thank you. >> kate, over to you. coming up next on "new day," a mystery illness as california doctors simply stumped children becoming paralyzed with no explanation. what could possibly be behind this? the doctor is joining us for a look at possible answers. also this ahead, a wild deck

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welcome back. a mysterious illness that mimics polio is causing concern in california. 25 children have been stricken. all of them paralyzed in one or

more limbs in one way or another. the damage appears to be permanent. for children like this girl, her mother completely devastated when realizing what had happened. sophie went to the treasure box to grab a toy. i saw her left hand mid grasp stop working. over three days she wasn't using her left arm a. it started to get more worrisome. we did not realize what we were in store for, didn't realize her arm she actually had a spinal cord inflammation and her arm would be permanently paralyzed. >> a nightmare for any parent. i know this remains a history. doctors are trying to be careful to warn this is extremely rare even though they're not sure what they're dealing with. from what you see, what do you think they are dealing with?

>> there's all sorts of viruss this the same family as the polio virus. they don't have reason to believe this is polio, but they think it's a similar virus. in five children they tested to find out if there's a virus we can find or evidence the virus was here. in two children they were able to find a virus known as virus 6. don't remember the name. that's one of the viruss in the same family as polio. as you point out kate, the public health officials say look, we don't think this is a risk of becoming a widespread thing. we want to call on other doctors and people around the country to say have you seen this as well? are there clusters of cases around the country to better pinpoint this. >> this virus must be rare.

we're talking about few children that are dealing with this. it's horrible to happen to one child. it appears the paralysis is permanent. is there good treatment you can see for this? >> yeah, and let me speak about the rarity of this sort of thing. first of all, most people that get these infections have no symptoms at all. that's true even with polio. a small percentage, 1% maybe develop the weakness or paralysis. even if you get this it's uncommon you know it. it's more common than we think but not causing symptoms. part of this is wait and see. some cases have been over a year now and they have not gotten better. with polio you have situations people would not get better. there were many that did get improvement in the limbs that weren't as dramatically affected. i don't think we know enough to say how permanent this is going to be. there's not a treatment to the virus to your question. there's not a specific antiviral as there are antibiotics for

bacterial infections. a lot of times they treat the body's immune system to teach it so it's not causing as much damage. >> people have to watch, know their children and get to doctors quickly. >> i want to change topics. this new study out saying there's some connection between pregnant women taking a tylenol and effects to their pregnancy. now tylenol is out? what's your take away? >> this is a big deal. you know me and i use that language carefully. more than half of women take tylenol during pregnancy. ibuprofen and aspirin are out. fever has to be addressed in pregnancy because it could have harmful effects on a baby.

a study they looked at 60,000 women and looked at tylenol use and the adhd problem later on. it nearly doubled the risk if women took tylenol every day of the week for their pregnancy. if they took it one day in the week it counted as a week. it increased the risk done for 20 weeks. there's a correlation. it's not cause and effect. i think it may change the way doctors counsel patients. >> don't take it unless you have to is definitely the take away. >> for fever, yes. for muscle aches and pains, may want to find non medication options. >> bad news for a lot of women going through pregnancy and suffering from aches and pains of pregnancy u. important the message. always great to see you. thanks. >> you've got it.

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welcome back to "new day." we're getting a look at incredible and frightening video. a deck collapsed in indiana. it sent 24 people plummeting to the ground. the family making this public because they say this could have been prevented. a terrifying collapse caught on tape as a family gathers for a group photo. the deck they're on crashes to the ground. >> it just gave way. >> lisa was celebrating christmas with extended family when holiday cheer turned to terror. the sudden collapse sent all 24 people plummeting 15 feet on today the cement below. among those that fell, a 13-month-old baby. luckily she was unharmed thanks to her father seen her clutching her in his arms. >> how could this happen? >> lisa's father slammed into the support beam. he was one of seven taken to the hospital.

three of injured are still not walking the family says. lisa's husband, a nurse, was at work when the deck collapsed but joined the team of emergency responders. >> the people in the back fell straight down. the deck fell away from them. they did not get the benefit of landing on the deck first or benefit of landing on someone behind them. the family is suing the people that made and maintained the deck saying it was preventable. >> some call this a freak accident. a meet yore iet hitting your house is freak accident. >> the deck is more than ten years 0ed old. >> the number of failing dex has been increasing at a high rate. the warning signs of a potential

collapse should be checked. the family this happened to, they can to make sure other people know decks have to be properly maintained. it's not something you think about. again, this wasn't a home. this was a clubhouse. frightening ordeal for all of them. we wish them well. ready for five things you need to know? >> yes. >> breaking news from ukraine. no sign of ousted president yanukovych. cnn has confirmed a former presidential aid has been shot in the leg in kiev. he's in the hospital. later this morning, a judge in mexico is expected to announce the trial for guzman. that would allow attempts to extradite him to the united states. doctors in california are investigating a medical mystery. up you to two dozen children paralyzed in one or more limbs by a disease that seems similar to polio. all victims that first showed symptoms of a common cold.

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welcome back to "new day." gun control, a contentious issue few have been able to sway congress to act on. especially recently. that is except for sarah brady, wife of jim brady, former white house press secretary who was

shot and left disable add after the assassination attempt on president reagan. we all remember that day. she helped win passage of a background check law through the campaign in the 90s. now her and her husband's organization is calling on congress to finish the job pushing for stricter background check laws. let's bring in sarah from washington d.c. this morning. also joining us, dan gross, the president of the campaign to prevent gun violence. dan, great to see you. sarah let me start with you on this 20th anniversary. i want your take on what you think it means. you say the job is not finished. what realistly do you think can be done when you look at politics? >> admittedly politics are not good right now. i think we're in good shape in that we have so many followers.

over 90% of the people are for extended background checks and realize the need for them. this congress is difficult. it hasn't done anything. and certainly our issue you is not one that is an easy one to get brought up to the floor. i think we've got the momentum behind us. i doubt it's going to be this year. you know, it took us seven years to pass the original brady law. i want all the folks who are with us to realize that it's not an easy thing to do. it takes time and a lot of effort. >> momentum is a key thing here, dan, as you well know. i'm not telling you anything you don't know. help for stricter gun control laws. stricter background checks surged after the massacre in newtown.

if you look at our polling, support has waned if you look at support for numbers. if you couldn't pull it off after newtown, when could you? >> i would to clarify polls. those numbers were support for this general concept of stricter gun control laws. when you look at support for background check, that was extraordinarily high after newtown. it remains high. americans support background checks more than kittens and baseball. if you look at background checks. >> if that's the case why are we talking about the fact it hasn't been done? >> there's an extraordinary disconnect between what americans wanted and what elected officials are doing about it. that's why the kbbrady campaign exists. only then we can expect the change. sarah and predecessors prove

that's possible. we were able to pass this live saving law 20 years ago with the original brady bill we're trying today. sarah helped bring that to voice for the american public. that's what we have to do now. if you support background checks, you have to make your voice heard. >> sarah you say you'll continue this fight and continue to push. i want to ask what you think the role of mental health and mental illness plays in this. if you look at recent massacres, gunmen, shooters. they either obtain d guns legally where a background check would not have prevented them from pulling off crimes. what rule should the mental health play in this? >> we have to have up to date records on those mentally ill. recordkeeping is very important.

it's important to keep in mind no one law or nothing is going to stop all gun violence. certainly the very most important thing we can do is to make background checks mandatory for every gun sale. that's the very first thing. it will stop those who are a jude dated mentally ill. i think there are two separate topics there. i think it's much more important to look at expanding the background checks. >> on this 20th anniversary worth pointing out the brady campaign, the law you passed stopped 2 million guns from falling into the wrong hands. you can applaud yourselves on that. there's a long fight and a mean fight ahead to get further restrictions passed. sarah brady, thank you for your time. i appreciate it. sarah has written an opinion piece on cnn.com. go and take a look. dan, thank you you very much. great to see you as well.

>> thank you. >> of course. chris? all right kate, now to the story of someone impacting the lives of our veterans. his name is gary. he's using fame to help others. take a look. >> thought i'd try out my sea legs. >> you ain't got no legs lieutenant. >> long before he played vietnam veteran in forest gump, he was a passionate supporter of the military. >> i have a long history of working with veterans starting with the relationships i have in my own personal family. my dad served in the navy. two uncles were in world war ii. my grandfather served in world war i. with the success of forest gump, wounded veterans began to fire with him. he formed the lieutenant dan band and entertains groups around the world. he says his call to action

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all right. i am intimidated by the guests we're about to interview. we're going to talk to amazing spellers now. to do that, we must go to the couch. >> they're there.

there are simply no words for our next story. literally. >> a pair of geniuses going word for word for word for five hours. 66 rounds. organizers had no words left and had to declare a temporary tie. rematch is set for march 8th. the winner will get a slot in the national spelling bee in washington, one of my favorite events. can you spell anticipation? let's ask our guests, spelling experts here. what a delight to see you. two toe to toe competitors

sitting next to each other, having fun this morning. do you see yourself as competitors or friends now? >> friends. >> you're friends. take us back to the moment. five hours. did you believe it was going to go that long? >> no. >> it was going well, right? words back and forth. did you start getting tired a little bit? >> well -- i'm sorry. well for me i just basically felt tired once it was done. i don't know why. any way, once it was done, i've never felt so mentally drained. >> did they give you a lunch break? >> yeah. >> i would hope so. >> how often did you get a break? >> maybe every ten rounds. >> what grade are you in? >> i'm in fifth. >> i'm in seventh. >> that's interesting. there's a bit of age difference. you have the same words.

they ran out of words and had to go to the dictionary and find more words. did that make you nervous they were digging in the diction tear to find words? >> a little. you didn't know what was coming next. it was also exciting. >> isn't that what's going to happen? i keep wanting to call it a death match. i think that might not be appropriate. this elimination match that's coming up on march 8th. it's not the words you've already gone through. these are words from the dictionary right? how are you preparing now? >> the main plan is to learn the words. >> explain what that means. >> it basically means learn how a word is is made. if i learn that, it will basically help me know how to spell the word.

for example, if it was a french word, lie boujar or something like that. >> sofia do you think about the words before you spell them? >> i see the words and think about how the definition might help. >> like what? >> that's not a stalling tactic? i thought it was time to think it through. the definition actually helps. >> you always say what's the definition? why? >> it can help. sorry. >> let her talk. >> why does it help when you know what the word means? >> there are a lot of words that are a like in definition, but sometimes at beginning of the word there's a certain meaning.

>> any way, so also definition can help because when you learn roots and prefixes of a certain word, and if you ask the definition, you'll know what the root or prefix is. >> maybe the two people sitting on the couch here can use tips you've given them. should we give them a spelling bee? sofia you've got a word for mrs. bolduan. tell her the word. >> what's the next word? >> are you allowed to write it down on a piece of paper? >> it starts with a t. >> there's no t.

chatzki. >> ch? am i wrong? >> chatke? >> okay. your word is -- it's a cookie usually made at christmas. high spice cookie. >> oh my gosh. this is stalling. >> f -- p -- -- >> you both failed. you're not going to the national spelling bee. one of these champs will be going. your rematch is march 8th. no matter what you're both winners in our books. >> clearly.

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